Sclerorhynchoidei Temporal range: Cretaceous - Paleogene, 130-55 Ma |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | †Sclerorhynchiformes |
Suborder: |
†Sclerorhynchoidei Cappetta, 1980 |
Families | |
†Sclerorhynchidae
†Ptychotrygonidae
Sclerorhynchoidei is an extinct suborder of sclerorhynchiform rays with saw-like rostrums. They include the orders Sclerorhynchidae and Ptychotrygonidae. They were a rather long-lived group, living from the Cretaceous to the early Eocene, until they became extinct for unknown reasons and were replaced by their close relatives the pristiformes.